By Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor EXCLUSIVE: As part of a strengthening of its IP division, Buchwald has signed the Scholarly Film Company production banner, which focuses on seeking out academic material that can be adapted for the screen.
Founded by Dr. Sipke Shaughnessy of Cambridge University and based in London, the SFC’s mission is to mine academic monographs, doctoral dissertations and scholarly journal articles for IP that could be adapted into films and TV shows.
Most projects will be set up as co-productions. One of the first projects under the SFC banner will be How to Rig an Election, written by Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas, which is being developed as a series.
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